This project is inspired by the pyramid Templo Major, Mayor Temple, located in Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City, Mexico). The building was created by the ancient Aztec culture and at the center of the city. This "castle" is a dedication for the Aztec deity of water and agricultural fertility Tlaloc (left side) and the deity of fire and warfare Huitzilopochtli (red side). I wanted to create a close representation of the actual temple thus I referred to this model placed at the train station of the capital of the city.
By Rekonstruktion_Tempelbezirk_von_Tenochtitlan_2_Templo_Mayor.jpg: Wolfgang Sauberderivative work: Joyborg (talk) - Rekonstruktion_Tempelbezirk_von_Tenochtitlan_2_Templo_Mayor.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9605850
Modeling Techniques
The main modeling commands used in this project are extrusion, Boolean difference, scale, polar and linear array, and mirror. The solids were created from extruded surfaces which were scaled with the help of the 3d scale & Gumball commands, also the holes and carvings on the composition were created using other extruded surfaces and the Boolean Difference command. Lastly, the staircase pattern was created with extruded square surfaces the ArrayLinear command to the top of the pyramid. The red accents around the top of the small building where created with the aid of the ArrayPolar command, as well as the ones at the top of the blue and red buildings.
Materials
The materials available at the time of the construction of the temple were very limited to stones and some precious gems. I used the white translucent ceramic material for most of the temple due to its similarity in color and texture as the representation of the building that is in Mexico city. Due to its complex reflective properties, I replaced the gemstone materials for the red and blue accents of the composition for a solid glass material, it gave it the look I wanted without harming the overall aesthetic of the piece. Finally, I added a walnut finish to the inverted cone at the top of the small building dedicate to Quetzalcoatl which complemented the whole composition, giving it a good balance between the solid cone and the accents at the top of the pyramid.
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